Marital Infidelity
Is marital "dirty linen" only laundered in divorce court? As jury selection got under way this week in the criminal prosecution against ex-WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, the defense won an initial round when the trial judge granted a motion to allow inquiry into the "marital infidelity" of Scott Sullivan, who used to be WorldCom's CFO and is now the prosecution's star witness. The judge agreed with the theory that Sullivan's credibility is now in issue and that allowing "adultery" testimony is relevant to test that credibility. January 24, 2005
